Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-02-09

| the house bill authorizing the secretary OF
war to credit the Territory OF Dakota with
| $27, COO for ordnance and ordnance stores
issued to that territory.
A Paris dispatch to Pasther Lloyd says
! that President Grevy and Premier Geblet
are making superhuman efforts TO prevent
| the outbreak OF war.
| Rev Mathew Harkins, OF st. james
| church, Boston. was appointed bishop Of
Providence, r. l., by the pope.
The president has vetoed a bin granting
q pension to Mrs. Margaret Dunlap Of
| Missouri on the ground that the death OF
the soldier Tor which the pension was Civ
| en- was not caused in the line OF duty, but
| in a quarrel with IL comradc.
A gentleman with close relations to the
| administration says that Hon. George Ii.
Pendleton was sent for, and that he does
not know for what purpose. This fast
strengthens the ppinioh in political circles
| that Mr.. Pendleton will be rendered u cab.
| met posi- ton.
| In the senate Mr. Spooner offered an
amendment to the sundry civil bill appro-
| priating $50, 900 for the public building ut
La Crosse in addition to 100000 hereto.
| fore appropriated. 1t was agreed to.
A member OF the Duliefin Guards Eighty.
| eighth regimehtG 4 volunteer military
d,
said regarding the preparations being
made through Lower Canada in expecta-
| ton Of war being declared: A few days
ago every pensioner OF the imperial service
was ordered under arms to be ready TO
move to the front at moments notice.
In lower Canada there are enough men TO
| furnish standing army Of five thousand
men st an hours notice. Many OF the
veterans are drilling. The excitement is
nd thHnluh al Tf ha
insula the militia is getting in readiness
Tor active service.
+. j. Ford was placed on trial in New
Orleans for killing Capt. Kirkpatrick for
alleged improper intimacy with Ford's
vile. Ford pleaded guilty to avoid the
revelation discreditabe to his wife that
would come out should he make Il defense.
Thomas Stevens, the young 'cyclist made
famous by his successful tour around the
world on his favorite Columbia wheel. ar
rived in Minneapolis and was given a ban
quet.
A collision OF west bound freight in the
grade occurred at Eaco, Utah. Lewis Be.
mis-, engineer OF the freight, was killed. He
might have saved himself, bnt he stood by
his lever
Postmasters commissioned; Minnesota:
lie Sueur, ii. J. Dane; Partell, {. Mills;
geon Bay,G. W. Alien; Superior, J. A. Bar.
don.
Secretary Bayard is said to have ordered
the British schooners seized in Alaska to
be given up.
Rev. Dr. McGlynn has commenced his re-
ply to Rome. He did this at the sugges-
tion OF Cardinal Gibbons. 1t seems to be
understood that DR.. McGlynn will not go
to Rome.
Peter Mack, Hugh Trainor and James
Smith Jr., while walking on the Boston q.
Providence railroad track, at Hyde Park,
Mass, were struck by Il train and killed.
Charles Ray, desperado, shot and kill
ed *. II. Johnson, postmaster at Cancan,
Tex, who had warrant for Rays arrest.
Before dying Johnson shot Ray in the lace
with bird shot. Ray was caught and will
probably be lynched
james K. Cumming. OF the law firm OF
Nanderpool, Green & Cumming, New York
referring to the marriage by proxy of Spies
and Miss Van Zandt in Chicago, said it was
nonsense. Others said that while q mar
riage was 4 civil contract, it did not be-
come OF effect until consummatel and that
it was unlikely that the right to cOnsum.
mate could be delegated to another.
Freight handling at New York is about
at standstiI. The strikers are becoming
violent.
1t looks very much as ii the $4,000 re-
ward offered for the man who tried to blow
up the steamer Guayandotte will never be
claimed for although detectives are search
ing for him, the clues are so slight that
they promise little hope OF his capture.
The department OF the interior has asked
congress for an appropriation of $50. 900
for salaries, expenses, etc., Of special
agents for locating Indians upon lands in
severalty under the act recently passed. in
which no appropria ton was made for this
purpose.
The house committee on territories IA
vorably considered the bill for the organi-
cation OF the Territory OF Alaska.
Hugh Price OF Wisconsin, who was elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the death OF
his father i'll the present congress, took the
oath and assumed his seat. He was con-
Quoted to the bar OF the house by Congress
man Guenther who afterward intro
duced him to his fellow members. He was
assigned to the seat which his father occu-
pied.
The Iowa men in congress are determin-
ed to push the matter CT the forfeiture Of
the lands along the lines OF the Sioux City
& St. Paul and Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroads in Iowa as far as possible
this session, if they cannot pass the bill.
There is absolutely not a particle OF
truth in the report that Miss Rose Eliza,
beth Cleveland is going to marry a young
Washington preacher.
President Cleveland is very fond OF stew
ed terrapins, and is ready to eat OF that
dish at any time.
The entire business portion OF MnoOka,
Ill.,, was burned. All the stores on the
main street, fourteen in number, were de-
stroyed. Loss, $50, 600; insurance, $40
900.
The British forces captured the entire
camp OF the insurgent Boshevay, who |
sued an address to the Burmese advising
them to submit to British rule.
memorial from a committee OF the
Letter Carriers National association, en-
dorsed by the national legislative COM
mittee Of the Knights OF Labor, has been |
presented to the house OF representatives. |
1t requests the passage OF the senate bill |
the provisions OF the eight.hour
law to letter carriers.
Fifty sporting men and athletes ga thered |
on Long island to witness bare knuckle |
fight to finish between the heavy weights, |
Charles Doyle OF New York and Frank |
Hayes OF Chicago. Doyle weighed 212 |
pounds, Hayes 1876. Police Gazette rules |
fight and money were awarded to Doyle, |
who was as sorry a looking sinner us ever |
pocketed money.
The pension appropria ton for the next |
fiscal year is SIS, 900. 900 The whole |
Austrian military establishment costs |
about S5l, 100000 year. and that OF |
Germany sol, 900, 900, SO we spend on |
pensions enough TO maintain a first class
European standing army.
The senate finally inserted in the sundry |
civil bill IL provision OF $50, 900 for the
survey OF the Northern Pacific lands in
Montana by which adding that amount
to the $50, 900 allowed to the commission
er OF the general land officer for surveys
with the understanding that the money
was to be spent that way.
Bill Mccoy, the desperate who few
days ago shot and killed Deputy Sheriff |
Owens at Lusk, Wyo., and afterwards es-
ca ped from Jail, boldly returned to that
town and defied the citizens with brace
Of revolvers. He was finally captured in
by five men armed with shot
guns. They took him to Cheyenne last
night to lodge him in Jail.
The Pennsylvania senate passed O bill
for the submission OF prohibi-